Efigenio Ameijeiras

Efigenio Ameijeiras (1931-) was a Cuban general who fought in the Cuban Revolution and the Bay of Pigs invasion.

Biography
Efigenio Ameijeiras was born in Puerto Padre, Cuba in 1931, and he joined the 26th of July Movement despite his belief in anti-communism. He took part in Fidel Castro's 1956 invasion of Cuba after being released from prison following the Moncada barracks raid, and he fought in the Sierra Maestra. In 1959, he took over the National Revolutionary Police, and he detained thousands of suspected supporters of the government following the Bay of Pigs invasion, during which he led 200 policemen against Brigade 2506. Ameijeiras was later promoted to Brigadier-General, but he was expelled from the Communist Party of Cuba in 1966 for "moral offenses"; his name was removed from the list of those who fought at Moncada as a result.